[pkg-wpa-devel] Bug#363347: ifdown doesn't work correctly when using wpacli-action-dhclient script

[Felix Homann]

On Tuesday 18 April 2006 22:55, Reinhard Tartler wrote:
> What I read from your output, the interface itself is indeed down, but
> still has the old ip assigned. This seems to be the way intended. 

In every other (DHCP) setup, i. e. "old-style wpa_supplicant" and "managed 
mode", the IP will be flushed by 'ifdown wlan', on my wired interface ifdown 
will flush the IP as well. 

I therefore don't think it is intended to keep the IP when the interface is 
down.

Regards,

Felix